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1#!/usr/bin/env python3
2# Copyright (c) 2017-present The Bitcoin Core developers
3# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
4# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
5"""Test that the wallet resends transactions periodically."""
6import time
7
8from test_framework.blocktools import (
9    create_block,
10)
11from test_framework.messages import DEFAULT_MEMPOOL_EXPIRY_HOURS
12from test_framework.p2p import P2PTxInvStore
13from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
14from test_framework.util import (
15    assert_equal,
16    assert_raises_rpc_error,
17)
18
19# 36 hours is the upper limit of the resend timer, see CWallet::SetNextResend()
20RESEND_TIMER_LIMIT = 36 * 60 * 60
21
22
23class ResendWalletTransactionsTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
24    def set_test_params(self):
25        self.num_nodes = 2
26        self.noban_tx_relay = True  # Needed due to mocktime
27
28    def skip_test_if_missing_module(self):
29        self.skip_if_no_wallet()
30
31    def setup_network(self):
32        self.setup_nodes()  # Don't connect nodes
33
34    def run_test(self):
35        node = self.nodes[0]  # alias
36
37        peer_first = node.add_p2p_connection(P2PTxInvStore())
38
39        self.log.info("Create a new transaction and wait until it's broadcast")
40        parent_utxo, indep_utxo = node.listunspent()[:2]
41        addr = node.getnewaddress()
42        txid = node.send(outputs=[{addr: 1}], inputs=[parent_utxo])["txid"]
43
44        # Can take a few seconds due to transaction trickling
45        peer_first.wait_for_broadcast([txid])
46
47        # Add a second peer since txs aren't rebroadcast to the same peer (see m_tx_inventory_known_filter)
48        peer_second = node.add_p2p_connection(P2PTxInvStore())
49
50        self.log.info("Create a block")
51        # Create and submit a block without the transaction.
52        # Transactions are only rebroadcast if there has been a block at least five minutes
53        # after the last time we tried to broadcast. Use mocktime and give an extra minute to be sure.
54        block_time = int(time.time()) + 6 * 60
55        node.setmocktime(block_time)
56        block = create_block(int(node.getbestblockhash(), 16), height=node.getblockcount() + 1, ntime=block_time)
57        block.solve()
58        node.submitblock(block.serialize().hex())
59
60        # Set correct m_best_block_time, which is used in ResubmitWalletTransactions
61        node.syncwithvalidationinterfacequeue()
62        now = int(time.time())
63
64        # Transaction should not be rebroadcast within first 12 hours
65        # Leave 2 mins for buffer
66        twelve_hrs = 12 * 60 * 60
67        two_min = 2 * 60
68        node.setmocktime(now + twelve_hrs - two_min)
69        node.mockscheduler(60)  # Tell scheduler to call MaybeResendWalletTxs now
70        assert_equal(int(txid, 16) in peer_second.get_invs(), False)
71
72        self.log.info("Bump time & check that transaction is rebroadcast")
73        # Transaction should be rebroadcast approximately 24 hours in the future,
74        # but can range from 12-36. So bump 36 hours to be sure.
75        with node.assert_debug_log(['resubmit 1 unconfirmed transactions']):
76            node.setmocktime(now + RESEND_TIMER_LIMIT)
77            # Tell scheduler to call MaybeResendWalletTxs now.
78            node.mockscheduler(60)
79            peer_second.wait_for_broadcast([txid])
80
81        self.log.info("Chain of unconfirmed not-in-mempool txs are rebroadcast")
82        # We cannot predict the ordering in mapWallet of parent and child, so
83        # try a few times to get both.
84        evict_time = 0
85        for _ in range(10):
86            child_inputs = [{"txid": txid, "vout": 0}]
87            child_txid = node.sendall(recipients=[addr], inputs=child_inputs)["txid"]
88            # Get the child tx's info for manual bumping
89            entry_time = node.getmempoolentry(child_txid)["time"]
90
91            # tx must be at least 5 minutes older than the last block to be rebroadcast
92            block_time = entry_time + 5 * 60 + 1
93            node.setmocktime(block_time)
94            block = create_block(int(node.getbestblockhash(), 16), height=node.getblockcount() + 1, ntime=block_time)
95            block.solve()
96            node.submitblock(block.serialize().hex())
97            # Set correct m_best_block_time, which is used in ResubmitWalletTransactions
98            node.syncwithvalidationinterfacequeue()
99
100            evict_time = block_time + 60 * 60 * DEFAULT_MEMPOOL_EXPIRY_HOURS + 5
101            # Flush out currently scheduled resubmit attempt now so that there can't be one right between eviction and check.
102            with node.assert_debug_log(['resubmit 2 unconfirmed transactions'], timeout=2):
103                node.setmocktime(evict_time)
104                node.mockscheduler(60)
105
106            # Evict these txs from the mempool
107            indep_send = node.send(outputs=[{node.getnewaddress(): 1}], inputs=[indep_utxo])
108            node.getmempoolentry(indep_send["txid"])
109            assert_raises_rpc_error(-5, "Transaction not in mempool", node.getmempoolentry, txid)
110            assert_raises_rpc_error(-5, "Transaction not in mempool", node.getmempoolentry, child_txid)
111
112            # Rebroadcast and check that parent and child are both in the mempool
113            with node.assert_debug_log(['resubmit 2 unconfirmed transactions'], timeout=2):
114                node.setmocktime(evict_time + RESEND_TIMER_LIMIT)
115                node.mockscheduler(60)
116            node.getmempoolentry(txid)
117            node.getmempoolentry(child_txid)
118
119            # clear mempool
120            self.generate(node, 1, sync_fun=self.no_op)
121            parent_utxo, indep_utxo = node.listunspent()[:2]
122            txid = node.send(outputs=[{addr: 1}], inputs=[parent_utxo])["txid"]
123
124        self.log.info("Test rebroadcast of transactions received by others")
125        # clear mempool
126        self.generate(node, 1, sync_fun=self.no_op)
127        # Sync node1's mocktime to node0's before connecting so it accepts node0's blocks
128        node1 = self.nodes[1]
129        node1.setmocktime(evict_time + RESEND_TIMER_LIMIT)
130        self.connect_nodes(1, 0)
131        self.sync_all()
132
133        self.log.info("node0 sends a tx to node1 and disconnects")
134        recv_addr = node1.getnewaddress()
135        recv_txid = node.sendtoaddress(recv_addr, 1)
136        self.sync_mempools()
137        node1.syncwithvalidationinterfacequeue()
138
139        wallet_tx = node1.gettransaction(recv_txid)
140        assert_equal(wallet_tx["confirmations"], 0)
141        recv_wtxid = node1.getmempoolentry(recv_txid)["wtxid"]
142        self.disconnect_nodes(0, 1)
143
144        self.log.info("Create a block without the transaction")
145        node1.bumpmocktime(6 * 60)
146        block = create_block(int(node1.getbestblockhash(), 16), height=node1.getblockcount() + 1, ntime=node1.mocktime)
147        block.solve()
148        node1.submitblock(block.serialize().hex())
149        node1.syncwithvalidationinterfacequeue()
150
151        self.log.info("Connect p2p who hasn't seen the tx")
152        peer = node1.add_p2p_connection(P2PTxInvStore())
153
154        self.log.info("Check that rebroadcast happens after 36 hours")
155        with node1.assert_debug_log(['resubmit 1 unconfirmed transactions']):
156            node1.bumpmocktime(RESEND_TIMER_LIMIT)
157            node1.mockscheduler(60)
158            peer.wait_for_broadcast([recv_wtxid])
159
160
161if __name__ == '__main__':
162    ResendWalletTransactionsTest(__file__).main()
163

src/wallet/receive.cpp

src/wallet/coinselection.cpp

src/consensus/validation.h

src/primitives/transaction.cpp

src/script/descriptor.cpp

src/bitcoin-cli.cpp

src/rpc/blockchain.cpp

src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp

src/init.cpp

src/crypto/sha256.cpp

src/consensus/merkle.h

src/consensus/tx_check.h

src/consensus/tx_verify.h

src/policy/feerate.h

src/policy/feerate.cpp

src/primitives/transaction_identifier.h

src/chainparamsbase.h

src/chainparamsbase.cpp

src/util/moneystr.cpp

src/crypto/ripemd160.h

src/crypto/sha1.h

src/crypto/sha512.h

src/crypto/hmac_sha256.h

src/crypto/hmac_sha512.h

src/crypto/hmac_sha256.cpp

src/crypto/hmac_sha512.cpp

src/crypto/hkdf_sha256_32.h

src/crypto/hkdf_sha256_32.cpp

src/support/cleanse.h

src/support/cleanse.cpp

src/crypto/siphash.cpp

src/crypto/muhash.h

src/crypto/chacha20.h

src/crypto/poly1305.h

src/crypto/chacha20poly1305.h

src/crypto/chacha20poly1305.cpp

src/util/chaintype.cpp

src/util/obfuscation.h

src/util/byte_units.h

src/util/overflow.h

src/blockencodings.cpp

src/net_permissions.cpp

src/policy/packages.cpp

src/policy/rbf.cpp

src/policy/truc_policy.cpp

src/policy/ephemeral_policy.cpp

src/policy/settings.cpp

src/policy/policy.cpp

src/node/transaction.cpp

src/node/coin.cpp

src/rpc/client.cpp

src/rpc/external_signer.cpp

src/rpc/request.cpp

src/rpc/server_util.cpp

src/rpc/fees.cpp

src/rpc/output_script.cpp

src/rpc/rawtransaction_util.cpp

src/rpc/rawtransaction_util.h

src/rpc/register.h

src/rpc/request.h

src/rpc/server_util.h

src/rpc/protocol.h

src/rpc/server.h

src/rpc/signmessage.cpp

src/rpc/txoutproof.cpp

src/rpc/util.cpp

src/rpc/util.h

src/wallet/rpc/addresses.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/backup.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/coins.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/encrypt.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/signmessage.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/util.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/util.h

src/wallet/coincontrol.cpp

src/wallet/coincontrol.h

src/wallet/context.cpp

src/wallet/context.h

src/wallet/crypter.cpp

src/wallet/crypter.h

src/wallet/db.cpp

src/wallet/export.cpp

src/wallet/external_signer_scriptpubkeyman.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/spend.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/transactions.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/wallet.cpp

src/wallet/feebumper.cpp

src/wallet/feebumper.h

src/index/base.h

src/index/base.cpp

src/index/txindex.h

src/index/txindex.cpp

src/index/txindex_key.h

src/index/txospenderindex.h

src/index/txospenderindex.cpp

src/index/blockfilterindex.h

src/index/blockfilterindex.cpp

src/index/coinstatsindex.h

src/index/coinstatsindex.cpp

src/index/db_key.h

src/index/disktxpos.h

src/kernel/chain.cpp

src/kernel/chain.h

src/kernel/checks.cpp

src/kernel/checks.h

src/kernel/context.cpp

src/kernel/context.h

src/kernel/cs_main.cpp

src/kernel/cs_main.h

src/kernel/disconnected_transactions.cpp

src/kernel/disconnected_transactions.h

src/kernel/mempool_removal_reason.cpp

src/kernel/mempool_removal_reason.h

src/kernel/coinstats.cpp

src/kernel/coinstats.h

src/kernel/chainparams.cpp

src/kernel/chainparams.h

src/wallet/sqlite.cpp

src/wallet/sqlite.h

src/wallet/transaction.cpp

src/wallet/transaction.h

src/wallet/dump.cpp

src/wallet/dump.h

src/wallet/init.cpp

src/wallet/walletutil.cpp

src/wallet/walletutil.h

src/wallet/wallettool.cpp

src/wallet/wallettool.h

src/wallet/export.h

src/wallet/migrate.cpp

src/wallet/migrate.h

src/wallet/db.h

src/wallet/walletdb.cpp

src/wallet/interfaces.cpp

src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.cpp

src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.h

src/kernel/bitcoinkernel.cpp

src/kernel/bitcoinkernel.h

src/kernel/bitcoinkernel_wrapper.h

src/node/chainstate.cpp

src/node/chainstate.h

src/node/blockstorage.cpp

src/node/blockstorage.h

src/node/mempool_persist.cpp

src/node/mempool_persist.h

src/node/utxo_snapshot.cpp

src/node/utxo_snapshot.h

src/node/kernel_notifications.cpp

src/node/kernel_notifications.h

src/node/blockmanager_args.cpp

src/kernel/blockmanager_opts.h

src/util/expected.cpp

src/policy/settings.h

src/util/types.h

src/kernel/messagestartchars.h

src/kernel/warning.h

src/util/exception.h

src/common/license_info.h

src/node/coins_view_args.h

src/node/database_args.h

src/util/batchpriority.h

src/util/ui_change_type.h

src/node/coins_view_args.cpp

src/node/peerman_args.h

src/util/serfloat.h

src/node/blockmanager_args.h

src/node/database_args.cpp

src/util/overloaded.h

src/interfaces/types.h

src/node/chainstatemanager_args.h

src/node/minisketchwrapper.h

src/util/macros.h

src/util/syserror.h

src/common/run_command.h

src/util/bytevectorhash.cpp

src/node/mempool_persist_args.cpp

src/util/exec.h

src/util/rbf.h

src/crypto/hex_base.h

src/node/mempool_persist_args.h

src/interfaces/echo.h

src/util/any.h

src/util/batchpriority.cpp

src/util/threadnames.h

src/node/coin.h

src/node/mempool_args.h

src/util/asmap.h

src/util/bytevectorhash.h

src/node/context.cpp

src/util/insert.h

src/util/readwritefile.h

src/node/peerman_args.cpp

src/node/interface_ui.cpp

src/interfaces/handler.h

src/node/mining_args.h

src/util/hasher.cpp

src/common/init.h

src/kernel/mempool_limits.h

src/common/system.h

src/crypto/sha3.h

src/util/threadinterrupt.cpp

src/node/protocol_version.h

src/util/exception.cpp

src/common/messages.h

src/node/connection_types.cpp

src/util/bip32.h

src/common/license_info.cpp

src/util/stdmutex.h

src/common/run_command.cpp

src/util/check.cpp

src/util/golombrice.h

src/node/types.h

src/node/timeoffsets.h

src/util/readwritefile.cpp

src/util/fastrange.h

src/util/signalinterrupt.h

src/util/task_runner.h

src/util/syserror.cpp

src/common/interfaces.cpp

src/common/types.h

src/util/threadinterrupt.h

src/kernel/chainstatemanager_opts.h

src/node/psbt.h

src/policy/ephemeral_policy.h

src/util/trace.h

src/common/url.cpp

src/kernel/mempool_options.h

src/util/serfloat.cpp

src/kernel/notifications_interface.h

src/node/timeoffsets.cpp

src/node/warnings.cpp

src/util/hash_type.h

src/crypto/hex_base.cpp

src/node/eviction.h

src/util/tokenbucket.h

src/crypto/aes.h

src/common/pcp.h

src/util/feefrac.cpp

src/node/transaction.h

src/util/threadnames.cpp

src/common/signmessage.h

src/util/exec.cpp

src/util/signalinterrupt.cpp

src/clientversion.cpp

src/common/signmessage.cpp

src/compat/assumptions.h

src/compat/byteswap.h

src/deploymentinfo.cpp

src/deploymentinfo.h

src/deploymentstatus.cpp

src/deploymentstatus.h

src/dummywallet.cpp

src/external_signer.h

src/init/bitcoin-gui.cpp

src/init/bitcoin-node.cpp

src/init/bitcoin-qt.cpp

src/init/bitcoin-wallet.cpp

src/init/bitcoind.cpp

src/init/common.h

src/interfaces/init.h

src/interfaces/ipc.h

src/key_io.h

src/logging/categories.h

src/logging/timer.h

src/mapport.h

src/musig.h

src/net_permissions.h

src/netgroup.h

src/netmessagemaker.h

src/node/chainstatemanager_args.cpp

src/node/connection_types.h

src/node/context.h

src/node/interface_ui.h

src/node/mempool_args.cpp

src/node/mining_args.cpp

src/node/minisketchwrapper.cpp

src/node/txreconciliation.h

src/policy/fees/estimator_args.cpp

src/policy/fees/estimator_args.h

src/policy/fees/estimator_man.cpp

src/policy/fees/estimator_man.h

src/policy/packages.h

src/policy/rbf.h

src/policy/truc_policy.h

src/pow.h

src/primitives/block.cpp

src/randomenv.h

src/rest.h

src/script/keyorigin.h

src/script/parsing.cpp

src/script/parsing.h

src/script/script_error.h

src/script/sigcache.cpp

src/script/sigcache.h

src/script/solver.h

src/script/verify_flags.h

src/semaphore_grant.h

src/signet.h

src/span.h

src/support/allocators/secure.h

src/support/allocators/zeroafterfree.h

src/util/tokenpipe.cpp

src/util/translation.h

src/util/vector.h

src/versionbits.h

src/versionbits_impl.h

src/wallet/external_signer_scriptpubkeyman.h

src/wallet/fees.h

src/wallet/load.h

src/wallet/receive.h

src/wallet/rpc/wallet.h

src/wallet/types.h

src/walletinitinterface.h

src/zmq/zmqabstractnotifier.cpp

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